Mar 15, 2014 | Notes, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 47
Consumers in Massachusetts have been protected from acts of unfair and deceptive trade by chapter 93A of the Massachusetts General Laws (93A) since 1967. Liability occurs under 93A only when the defendant is engaged in trade or commerce. To date, courts have held that...
Mar 15, 2014 | Notes, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 47
As of April 2012, 12.5 million Americans were unemployed and the domestic economy remained stagnant. While the U.S. economy struggles to pull itself out of a recession, perhaps taking a lesson from history, Congress has focused on small-business job creation as a...
Mar 15, 2014 | Notes, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 47
A trademark is a symbol that allows a consumer to distinguish a good from similar goods sold by others. As such, a trademark is a legally recognized form of intellectual property that exists solely as a manifestation of the goodwill engendered by a company or product....
Mar 15, 2014 | Notes, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 47
In 2010, federal prosecutors indicted Jason Pleau after he shot and killed a man outside of a Rhode Island bank. The indictment appeared to be a sure sign that the federal government would seek the death penalty against Pleau, given that Pleau had already agreed to...
Mar 15, 2014 | Case Comments, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 47
The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects the right of an individual to possess a firearm independent of service in a militia, and to use that firearm for traditionally lawful purposes like self-defense. This right is not unlimited and does not obliterate...
Mar 15, 2014 | Case Comments, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 47
The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits searches and seizures conducted without prior approval by a judge or magistrate, but this general rule is subject to several exceptions. One such exception allows a police officer to search a person in the course...
